This and That 05-13-12

By the Herald

Published 2:26 pm, Saturday, May 12, 2012

QUINCY STREET is scheduled to be closed to north-south traffic at Fifth Street beginning after 9 a.m. Monday. The closure will last 1-2 weeks to allow for reconstruction of the intersection. East-west traffic will remain open.

Questions or comments may be directed to Mike Craig, TxDOT engineer, at 293-5484.

A RETIREMENT reception for Jimye Sadler, Beverly James and Pat Boedeker will be held from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday in the library at Thunderbird Elementary.

A RETIREMENT reception for Stephanie Thompson-Sweatt, a teacher at College Hill Elementary will be from 3-6 p.m. Thursday at Roaring 50s, 600 Quincy.

A RETIREMENT reception for Tonya Stokes, a teacher at College Hill Elementary, will be from 2-4 p.m. May 20 at 1214 Amarillo.

THE LUBBOCK Interagency Adoption Council, a group of Lubbock and Amarillo area child-placing agencies, will offer an informational meeting for prospective foster and adoptive parents at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the conference room at Covenant Hospital Plainview, 2601 Dimmitt Road.

YMCA SAFE Camp is accepting registration forms at the Y for children age 5-12. The program begins June 4 and will be held at Estacado Jr. High. Fee is $45 a week, which includes all activities and a T-shirt.

SOUTH PLAINS College is offering introduction to GMAW (wire welding) classes from 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from May 22-July 24. Cost is $400. For more information go by SPC, 1920 W. 24th, or call 296-9611 ext. 4304 or 4320.

MU LAMBDA SORORITY is sponsoring a Memorial Day tribute featuring veterans, music and a speaker in Kress Cemetery at 10 a.m. May 28.

AN INFORMATIONAL meeting to become a Texas Master Gardener will be at 6:30 p.m. May 22 at the Hale County Extension office, 225 Broadway, Suite 6 (enter west side). For information call 291-5267.

WAYLAND IS offering half-price tuition this summer. The discount equals $218 per credit hour for undergraduate classes and $183 per credit hour for graduate-level classes taken on the Plainview campus only. Summer classes are offered over three-week terms, and registration for each term is the first day class, June 4 and June 25.

For more information call 291-3500 or 291-3445.

THE RED, WHITE & Moo Parade and activities will be held Saturday, June 30 with the fireworks show on the Fourth. Fireworks donations may be mailed to the Plainview Chamber of Commerce, 1906 W. Fifth, Plainview, TX 79072.

PLAINVIEW CITY Council PTA Scholarship applications can be picked up from Valinda Parker at PHS. Applications are due by Friday.

THE FIRST TOUR de Freedom Bicycle Ride will be held Saturday. Cost is $20 per entry in the 32- and 64-mile rides. Sponsored by Cotton Patch Cafe, proceeds benefit the Byrd-Bishop Veteran Memorial Scholarship to benefit veterans’ or their family members’ education at Wayland. For more information contact Aaron Byrd at 292-8149 or e-mail byrd.aaron@rocketmail.com.

JUNETEENTH Celebration events will be held at Givens Park from 5-7 p.m. June 22 featuring free hamburgers, music, games, dominoes and bingo followed by a parade, free food, vendors, music, softball, dominoes, basketball, volleyball, bingos, games and bouncers at 10 a.m. June 23.

VETERANS AND active military personnel are invited to join Coronado Jr. High students and staff in a Memorial Day tribute at the school Friday. Refreshments will be served at 8:45 a.m., and the program begins at 9:10 a.m. outside the front doors.

PHS PROJECT Graduation will be from midnight-6 a.m. May 25 at Main Event in Lubbock. Cost is $35 (cash only) per student and includes unlimited bowling, laser tag, arcade games, pool, miniature golf, food, drinks and a good bag with gifts valued at more than $50. Sign up in Phoebe Jones’ office by Friday.

SACRED HEART Catholic Church youth are selling tickets for a gas barbecue grill with four burners. Tickets are $1, and the drawing is June 10. For more information call Henry Galvan at 729-1629 or Janie Sanchez at 729-2052.

THE LITERARY LUNCH Bunch will meet at noon May 22 in the Van Howeling School of Education, Room 104 on the Wayland campus. A light lunch will be provided by Wayland.

Books to be discussed are: “Indivisible” by James Robinson & Jay W. Richards; “Coming Apart” by Charles Murray; “In the Sanctuary of Outcasts” by Neil White; “The Professor and the Madman” by Simon Winchester; “Making Toast” by Roger Rosenblatt; “Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin; “Tiger’s Curse” by Colleen Houck; “Theodore Boone: The Abduction” by John Grisham.

FOR KID’S SAKE and Sandcastles classes are held at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 710 Joliet. Cost for FKS, for adults, is $40 (cash only); cost for Sandcastles, for ages 5-17, is $10 or $20 for three or more children. Classes are from 8:15 a.m.-noon June 2, July 14, Aug. 11, Sept. 15 and Oct. 13. Registration is not necessary. Anyone needing more information may call Vickie at 995-2756.

JUNE READERS’ Page will be published June 6. Readers are invited to submit original poetry, essays, features and photos to: Readers’ Page, Box 1240, Plainview, TX 79072; bring them to the Herald at 820 Broadway; or e-mail to kwlewis@hearstnp.com. All submissions should include a name, town and daytime phone number.